St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-19
HE STABBED NINE TIMES,
And the Jury Found Him Guilty,
as Indicted,

The case of the state against Richard
Kerl was the only one tried before Judge
Wilkin yesterday. The defendant was
indicted by the grand jury for assault
in the second degree. The afrray &C
Cured at the coiored dive conducted by
Minerva Tucker at l72 East Eighth
street, On the night of June 50, where
Charles Bowen, the complaining wit
ness, was stabbed nine times by the de-
PENDANT. NJ. ID. Mum appeared for the
state and Daniel ". Lawicr for the de-
Tense. The only witnesses examined
aside from the police officers and the
surgeon who attended the wounded
man were either inmates of the house
or parties who were present on the night
of tie occurrence. The state set up tie
plea that Kerl was the assailing party.
and supported their case by number
of witnesses. The line of defense was
that kerl acted in seif-defense and only
used the knife, common pocket knife,
after he had been struck several times
by a heavy poker i'll the hands of Bowen.
Their case was well sustained by a num-
Der of witnesses. The addresses to the
jury OH both sides were eloquent APP
pealS, and the jury retired at + 40, being
instructed to bring in a verdict either in
accordance with the Indictment OF of
acGuittal. 80 >f.4 A.;F-f.
The jury returned to the court room
about T:30 with a verdict of guilty of the
crime charged in the indictment. A
motion for stay of proceedings. will be
argued next Monday. g
To-DAY'S CALENDAR CALL.
The following jury eases are set for
to-day: - - >
No. 114-Safford Mackey against Anton F.
GOmhOld
No 316-Chauncey j. Cable against Will
lam Byrnes.
The following court cases are set for
to-day before Judge Brill:
No. 191-Sarah NJ. Roach against John B.
No. gid. j. Hennessy against the City
No. l49-Bank of Minnesota against R. G.
No. 163-Theron S. Terry against John
Jeremy. .-
COURT NOTES.
The supreme court yesterday affirmed
the Judgment of the lower court i'll the
case OF Patrick Fox, respondent, VS..
Smith Ellison ct al, appellants, for
writ of assignment of errGrs, and heard
| arguments of both counsel i'll the case
| of ii J. Newbery ct al, respondents,
VS.. ID. p. Fox ct al, appellants. The
case of &. S. Brown, administrator, re-
spondent, VS.. j. A. Brown ct al, APP
| pellantS. was submitted on briefs, and
that of D. e. Anderson, respondent, vs..
| NJ. Schultz ct al, appellants, was argued
by appellants, respondents to have time
during the term to file briefs.
James Ambrose, indicted for forgery
in the second degree, pleaded guilty
to forgery in the third degree, in the
district court yesterday, and was sent tC
state prison for four years. James But
| Ter, Il witness for the prosecution, Wht
has been confined in the jail since Marcel
9, has been allowed 81 day during his
confinement.
On motion of the defendants attorney
the case of Gottlieb Stoerg,lyer againS
Martin Bruggeman was dismissed by
Judge Kelly after the plaintiffs testi
mony had been introduced, DR.. join
b. Darling, for failing to appear as {
witness in this case, was fined s. fO
contempt of court.
John Strehlein, wealthy German
who has for years conducted a saloon il
the restricted district, at the corner O
Dayton and Western avenues, was ar
raigned before Judge Cory .yeSterda.
and fined 500 for selling liquor withou
license.
In the case of Rudolph Volume
against III. A. Stone ct al, an action +
quiet the title to real estate, Judge 81
mons has dncided in favor of the plain
tiff, the defendant failing to appea
when the case came up for trial.
James White, of Brainerd, was befor
Commissioner. CardoZa yesterday on tn
charge of selling whisky to the Indians
He furnished bonds in $500 for his az
pearance at the June term of the Unite
States district court. 2s
The jury in the case of Susan b. Carte
against the City of st. Paul, an action
determine the ownership of propert
used for street purposes, returned We
diet in favor of the defendant.
The divorce case of Thomas J. Finn,
gan against Lucetta Finnegan. to hay
been heard by Judge Brill, has bee
dismissed on motion of the plaintiff.
William Preston and Burt Smith, tw
young tOughS from Minnesota stree
were held to the grand jury in $500 ba
each yesterday, for burglary.
The case of Sophia Miller again
John O'COnnor was stricken from ii
calendar, the plaintiff failing to appel
. when the case was called. -
! The case of William TbCmpst
! against Adam Rau was submitted c